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  • Vietnam caught between a rock and a hard place - David Brown YaleGlobal | August 9, 2013 1:00 am Is disappointment with China the reason behind Vietnam president’s recent hurried visit to Washington? Early in June, US State Department officials told a Congressional sub-committee that closer ties with Vietnam, in particular weapons sales, are on hold until there is “continued, demonstrable, sustained improvement in the human […]
  • REPORTER WHO INVESTIGATES CORRUPTION ARRESTED FOR “CORRUPTION” - Reporters Sans Frontières PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 9 AUGUST 2013. Reporters Without Borders questions award-winning investigative reporter Vo Thanh Tung’s arrest in the southern province of Dong Nai on 7 August for suspected corruption. Two people who had assisted Tung in previous investigations into highway police corruption, identified only as Tai and Minh, were arrested with him. Also known by […]
  • Vietnam anti-graft award-winning journalist arrested: Reports - Asia One AFP | 08 Aug. 2013 | HANOI – Vietnam has arrested a prize-winning investigative journalist who made his name exposing corruption in the communist country on suspicion of taking bribes, state media reported on Thursday. Vo Thanh Tung, 31, who works for Ho Chi Minh City’s Law newspaper, was detained on Wednesday after allegedly […]
  • Tuyên bố của ĐSQ Hoa Kỳ về Nghị định 72/2013/NĐ-CP | U.S. Embassy’s Statement on Internet Content Decree - TUYÊN BỐ Nghị định về Nội dung Internet Hà Nội, 6/8/2013 Các quyền tự do cơ bản áp dụng trong không gian mạng cũng giống như trong đời sống thực. Nghị định 72 dường như trái với nghĩa vụ của Việt Nam trong Công ước Quốc tế về các Quyền Dân sự và Chính trị […]
  • A Starving Blogger’s Vietnam Crusade - Asia Sentinel  Written by Pham Doan Trang SUNDAY, 04 AUGUST 2013 Dieu Cay’s prison-bound campaign for his fellow prisoners As I write this story, it is the 38th day of Dieu Cay’s hunger strike. Word that Vietnam’s most famous blogger has been refusing food since June 20 has seeped out from the prison where he […]
  • Will Vietnam’s New Internet Decree Ban Sharing of Online News? - Global Voice Mong Palatino  3 August 2013 17:10 GMT Vietnam’s new Internet decree made public on July 31 instantly generated controversy after it purportedly contains several provisions that would ban the sharing of news stories in various social networks.
  • Blogger trong tù VN kết thúc tuyệt thực sau năm tuần - Bản dịch của Nguyễn Thái Nguyên (Defend the Defenders) Tường thuật Martin Petty Sửa bài Jeremy Laurence HÀ NỘI ngày 3/08/2013 (Reuters) – Một nhà bất đồng chính kiến ​​Việt Nam đi tù vì chỉ trích các nhà lãnh đạo của đất nước đã kết thúc tuyệt thực sau năm tuần, khi cơ quan tư pháp đã […]
  • Jailed Vietnam blogger ends hunger strike after five weeks - Sat Aug 3, 2013 4:21am HANOI (Reuters) – A Vietnamese dissident jailed for criticizing the country’s rulers has ended a hunger strike after five weeks when judicial authorities agreed to accept his complaint about poor treatment, his son said on Saturday. Nguyen Van Hai, better known as Dieu Ca, resumed eating on July 27 after the […]
  • Smith’s Floor Remarks Calling for Passage of Vietnam Human Rights Bill of 2013 (HR. 1897) - Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I want to thank, first of all, you for your very kind remarks, but also for moving this legislation very swiftly through the full committee, along with Eliot Engel’s full support, and the chairwoman emeritus, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Thank you for your steadfast support for human rights, now presiding […]
  • GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BAN INTERNET USERS FROM DISCUSSING THE NEWS - RSF PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 2 AUGUST 2013 Reporters Without Borders regards a new law on blogs and social networks – announced on July 31st and due to take effect in september – as a gross violation of the right to inform and be informed. Known as Decree 72, the law restricts the use of blogs and […]